Printing attachment for bottle labeling machines



April 1940. N. G. CREAMER 2.199.254

PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLE LABELING MACHINES 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 18, 1938 A. I v

INVENTOR.

April 30., 1940. N. G. CREAMER PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLE LABELING MACHINES 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 18, 1958 ilh " HIIQN' H INV ENTOR. Mmzzmi [War/201" f m ATTORNEY.

N. G. CREAMER April 30, 1940.

PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLE LABELING MACHINES Filed Jan. 18, 1938 3 Sheets-Sheet 35 INVENTOR. fl oiwzalzfi. [WWI/26'1" ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. so, 1940 2,199,254

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLE Y LABELING MACHINES Norman G. Creamer, Huntington, w. Va., as-

signor to Edward Ermold Company, Hudson, N. Y. a corporation of New York Application January, 18, 1938,Scrial No. 185,49d I 3 Claims. (01. 101-333) This invention relates to printing attachments Figure 3 is a'section like Figure 2, but in ofi for bottle labeling machines for the purpose of position; I printing the labels of the known labeling ma- Figure 4 is a'section taken on the line 4-4 chine with the date and initials of the factory; of Figure 1, showing a neck label printing mech- 5 Such printing may be either upon the body or anism, in printing positiony,

neck labels, or both, or upon the revenue stamps. Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on Heretofore, difficulties have been encountered the line 5'-5 of-Figure 1 of the lower part of the in the printing of such labels, particularly from body label printing mechanism shown in Figthe fact'that the imprinting applied soon faded ure 2;

out, so that the printing became more or less Figure 6 is a sectional view of the parts of Fig- 10 illegible. f ure 5, but in off position; The object" of the invention is to provide a Figure 7 is a front elevation taken on the line printing attachment in which" the ink fiows conl-l. of Figure 5, seen in the direction of the tinuously from thjeink reservoir to the printing arrows; and

ll padso as to assure at all times an ample supply of Figure '8 is an exploded view of the inking deinkto the pad, andthereby give a distinct and vice and pad. I Y.

visible imprintupon the label by the type inked Similar characters of reference indicate corby the-pad. responding parts throughout the various views.

Th bj t of th i v ti i further, the Referring to the drawings-and moreparticuprovision of an attachment to standard labellarly to Figure 1, p r a an r lab ling ingmachines so arranged as to operate th rewith, machine are shown, which in and for themselves preferably in series of four, six or eight for the folimho D i v n nbodyorneck labels,'or both,as desired, to enable AS is known, the'botfles B of y pe p ss abouttwo hundred labels per minute to be table lo-in'the Q of the I 2 printed, substantially simultaneously with the in Figure and yb a Position S ns labelingbf the bottles by the labeling machine. vlefieive y d neck e s, when moved In other words, the invention comprises the co into the Space in Proximity to the p es L operation of the known labeling machine with and in a manner W k own. the printing attachment, so that when the bottles The Side frames '1' 0f machine ave slots 01' t ofth way the'printin'g of t 1 1, 1 or spaces 14 to accommodate label feed mechanism, 30 labelssfor the next bottle 'or bottles maytake and Test 011 the ba e H n igure 3. Horizonplace, and when the printing'device is out of the tally disposed, stiffening rods and "i connect way, the next bottle may belabeled the outer frames '2, shaft libeing used as a Furthermore"the use'ofa; pad placed in pivot rod, and rod l6v is used also in actuating the 5 tical position while inking the type, assures a good Printing devicei a As shown, rotating shaft IT in the base ll su l .of ink to the t rior to its 'inkin The ppy ypep g carries an oval-shaped cam l8 A fork-shaped invention includes means to carry out the foregoing-objects, member l9,-hav1ng-a.sem1-c1rcular cam 20 and The invention. n more fully described cam r0ller'2l, is actuatedby the movement of the 40 hereinafter inthe light of the embodiments cam mint) an up and down movement Rod 22 40- attached to the fork-shaped member I9 is actu- I ated by movement of cam l8. This displace- J I ment of rod 22 sets into operation a conventional The mventmn conslsts of further features lever'system which servesto move the bar-21, and

which will also be described in the light of the c .i the other known parts of the labeling machine 5 embodiments shown In the drawings, and will dependent from the bar and'n-ot Shown, in

alsobe finallymointed out in the claims. the drawings c l h 9 m a 1r e w Rod 22 and the connected rod 22w oscillate fi ure 1 1 a front eievatmn of the known parts toangularly displacethe lever 23 about the Sta thereof shown in the drawings, and will be finally pointed out in the claims.

mechan m and on c label mechanism 23 at the opposite end ofthe latter from the plied thereto; pivot connection of rod 22a thereto, and is con- Figure 2 is. a section taken on the line 2 -2 sequently displaced downwardly upon upward of Figure 1, showing a body labelprinting mechmovement of rods 22 and 22a. In other words u anism imprinting position; 7 I the oscillations of link 25 are opposite to those Q be ac Wi g one body label tionary pivot 24. The link 25 is pivoted to lever of rods 22 and 22a. At the upper end of link is pivoted a lever 26 which rigidly supports the movable bar 21. This pivot between lever 2-5 and link 25 permits the horizontal displacement of bar 21 which upon oscillation of the lever system is displaced arcuately between the positions shown in Figures 2 and 3.

An S-shaped lever 28 is rigidly secured to the movable bar 21 and extends upwardly to pivot to which the free end of lever 28 is pivotally secured. The levers 26 and 28 from which bar 2'! is dependent together comprise a bell-crank leverf An arm or link 29 is also pivoted at 30 and at its opposite end is pivoted to the stationary crossbar or support l5.

With the lever system in the position shown in Figure 3 the cam l8 moves away from roller 2! permitting downward movement of fork i9, and rods 22 and 22a. The lever 23 is therefore partially rotated and the link 25 is moved upwardly causing the pivot between link 25 and lever 26 to move upwardly and inwardly in a curved path. The movement of lever 26 and bar 21 and lever 28 is, of course, identical since all are rigidly connected, and all move arcuately upward. The pivot 38 moves with the lever 28 necessarily, and therefore partially rotates about the crossbar [5. The arm 29 also is angularly displaced on the pivot or crossbar !5. The lever 28 pivots on the pin 30 while atthe same time it moves the pivot pin 38 arcuately upward to cause arm 29 to pivot on the crossbar 15.

The oscillation of pivot to is opposite to that of rod 22, just as that of link 25, and the pro vision of the pivot 30 permits'the vertical displacement of movable bar 21 simultaneously with the horizontal displacement due to the pivot between link 25 and lever 26 and the resultant arcuate movement of bar 21 obtains. This motion of link 29 is determined and controlled by the movement of rod 22 through any suitable means making a direct connection betweenthese two members.

The bar 21 of the standard labeling machine. which bar extends between .the side frames l2 of the machine, supports the units or attach ments for printing the labels, indicated generally by and G6 in Figure l. The bar 21 carries a bracket member 49, the lower part of which connects with a lever 43 on a pivot pin 42. This bracket member MJ has a pin Ma to which a spring M is secured, and the other end of the spring 44 is secured to a pin 4412 on the lever 43. The spring 44 pulls on the lever 43, and thus presses its curved part 43a against thecross rod it. The bracket member Ml also supports a supporting member 12, which extends downwardly below the pivot pin 42, and in turn supports at its lowermost end a member H holding the typechase l8 and type It, as shown in Figure 5. The type I0 is looked in its chase 18 by screws IS. The bar 12 is also adjustable by a nut controlled bolt l3 (Figures 2 and 4) which moves the bar 72 against the action of a spring 88a.

The chase I8 is locked in position on the member H. The member H with the chase 18 and type H3 is vertically adjustable on the bar 12 by bolts 80 movable in a guide slot in the bar 72'. The member H has a pivot pin 5! An ink pad support 50 is pivotally movable on this pin 5!.

' This pad 54 is swung up against the type 10 by the lever 43 which is connected with the member 50 by a pivot pin 59, the pin 59 engaging a slot 43?) of the lever 43 and being eccentrically 'is in its noninking position.

positioned to the pivot pin 5%. If then, the lever 43 at its curved portion 43a presses against the rod Hi, it moves against the opposing action of the spring 4%, and turns on its pivot '12, whereby its lower free end presses upon the pin 59, and thereby moves the upper part of member 50 in a direction around the pivot 5i, and hence moves the pad 54 of the support 50 against the type 16. A stop 7? is provided against which the pad supporting member 50 abuts when the pad The felt pad 54 has a bore fidinto 'which a tube 56 is inserted. These parts are shown in separated positions in Figure 8,-but in Figure 7 they are shown in assembled position. The ink reservoir 60 has a filler cap 65', and a draw cock 62. The ink flows, being regulated by control valves 63, through the piping Si and flexible rubber hose 65, down into thesmall tube 56, and out of the holes 57 therestandard labeling machine comprises a bracket member Ml which supports the swinging lever 43, on the pivot 42, and which lever 23 moves the pad into and out of inking position against the type, the pad being fed by the ink reservoir. It will be particularly noted that the pad when in noninking position is in a horizontal position, and when in inking position is in a vertical position, thus allowing the ink to move therein against the pad felt, when inking, and thereby giving a greater amount of fluid to the type than when type is moved against a horizontal pad.

The attachment for carrying out the inking operation moves with the parts of the labeling machine and in relation thereto, the bar 21 moving from the position shown in Figure 3 to that in Figure 2, and vice versa, the inking reservoir moving with said bar 21. Thus the printing of the 'top label on the pile can take place and then the printing mechanism passes out of the path of the space [4, whereupon the bottle B can enter the space l4, and be labeled with the printed label, in the manner well known.

It will also be seen that when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 3 and Figure 6, the inking takes place, i. e., when the type is against the pad. Thus, the non-printing position is the inking position. When, however, the frame 2! is moved, and a period in the labeling operation permits, then printing can take place immediately from the inking position. With the frame 21 near to rod i6, as in Figure-3, the curved lever 43 pressing against rod "5 has its lower end substantially below its upper end, with the printing and inking mechanism out of the way, and the pad against the type, as also shown in Figure '6. But, when bar 21 moves inwardly over the'space 14,. to move from operative" position after its labeling function, the lever 43, in pressing against the bar l6, enables its other end to move against the label pile and do the printing as shown in Figure 2 and in Figure 4.

It will have been seen that the invention described hereinabove includes a unit consisting of a printing mechanism attachment to a labeling machine, which consists in the embodimentshown of a supporting bracket member secured to the movable bar 2! of a labeling machine. To this bracket member 4!! is pivoted a lever 43 having a curved portion 43a pressing against the cross rod it of a labeling machine, which lever is spring actuated by the spring pressing the lever 43 against the rod Hi. The lever 43 extends and movable relative to said type face, oscillatingbelowrzthegpivot -.l2zand;sl1pports:a iprmting mech- -anismtconsistingofamhase lfiandrtype 10, :amda

swingable .inking pa-d; normally in vertical-position covering the face of the type,- and, swingable ina non-inking horizontal position, together with means for supplying the pad with ink. By the combination of such a unit with a standard labeling machine, theprinting'mechanism is put in operation to'print labels before they are applied to the bottles,when the labeling of the bottles is inactive, and vice versa.

I claim:

I. In combination, a lever pivoted at its upper end to a supporting pivot, and having at its lower end a slot, a second lever pivoted at its upper end to a supporting pivot in alignment with the supporting pivot of the first lever, and having at its lower end a type face, a third lever pivoted at its upper end to a shaft supported by the second lever and engaging the slot of the first lever, said third lever supporting an ink pad for said type face, whereby the movement of the lower end of the first lever to the second and third levers moves the type face free from the ink'pad against a label, and moves the ink pad against the type face when the type face is free of the label.

2. In a printing unit for labeling machines, a type face, an ink pad normally in contact with means for supporting the type face and ink pad, operating means for the ink pad including a lever pivoted on said oscillating means,said, lever'having a cam portion at one end thereof, stationary means for said lever adapted to engage the cam portion thereof to pivot the lever and to move the ink pad away from the type face upon displacement of said lever, and means biasing said cam portion into engagement with the stationary means.

3. In a printing unit for labeling machines, a type face, an ink pad movable relative to said type face, an oscillating supporting member, a lever pivoted to and resiliently carried with said supporting member for supporting the type face and ink pad, operating means for the ink pad ineluding a second lever pivoted to said supporting member, said lever having a cam portion at one end thereof, stationary means for said, lever adapted to engage the cam portion thereof to pivot the lever and to move the ink pad to and from the type face upon oscillation of said supporting member, and means biasing said cam portion into engagement with the stationary means.

NORMAN. G. CREAMER. 

